The key aspect of this essay is to compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the graphic novel Ghost World by Daniel Clowes, and the movie Ghost World directed by Terry Zwigoff. When an author creates a novel or a book it is often easier later on to develop a movie based depiction from that written work, rather than vice versa. Usually movies are able to improve upon the details of a book and give visual representations for understanding, while if a film is created beforehand then there are parts that must be shortened or cut out completely making it difficult to edit and create into a written form. The graphic novel Ghost World by Daniel Clowes served as a good template for the making of the movie Ghost World. Throughout both
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There is the same presentation of Enid drawing the rumored ‘Satanists’ in her journal, but the scene is set up a little differently. The first encounter of Enid with the ‘Satanists’ during the novel she was sitting with Tom and John in Angels, whereas during the movie she is with Rebecca and a guy that comes to bring her a tape. The guy tells Enid that she has not paid for her last tape he got for her and she says “fuck you… you stupid redneck hick” to which he responds to with a sarcastic racial slur that adds to the comedy of the scene. Afterwards the girls end up following the Satanist to another brand-new restaurant in both of the works after their discovery that the Satanists walk outside with black umbrellas while it is not raining outside. This shows how much drastic measures Rebecca and Enid will go through to pick at people by even possibly putting their own lives at danger just for the sake of their own pleasure to laugh. As Rebecca and Enid follow them there is a funny scene where Rebecca questions “so what do you do if you’re a Satanist anyway?” and Enid replies “sacrifice virgins and stuff” which makes them laugh and Rebecca then states facetiously, “well that lets us off the hook” (tubitv, film). The absence of Tom and John and the presence of Rebecca and the unnamed film guy are very slight differences between …show more content…
According to The Motion Pictures “the comic is much more cynical and crude than the film. Where the film is packed with quirky characters, the comic includes a few truly disgusting personalities” (Lindsey, web). The novel does display Tom and John and their gross graphic child pornography which was very explicit while the movies most graphic feature was Enid and Seymour sleeping together in one scene. Both of the works are very comical for an older audience especially with the amount of profanity presented, but the film does take a much more light-hearted approach than the novel. During the film there is obviously an addition of Seymour as a character (who played the role of the Satanists in both works) but during the film he seems to be a force that drives more strain on Rebecca and Enid’s friendship. For example, one of the places Rebecca previously wanted to attend with Enid was a sex shop around the block but Enid thought it was ‘cheesy and overpriced’ so she never wanted to go inside, but one day she actually begs Seymour to go in with her and purchase something for ‘fun’. Enid absentmindedly mentions that her and Seymour went to the sex shop and purchased things there and that she actually begged to convince Seymour to buy the
There is the same presentation of Enid drawing the rumored ‘Satanists’ in her journal, but the scene is set up a little differently. The first encounter of Enid with the ‘Satanists’ during the novel she was sitting with Tom and John in Angels, whereas during the movie she is with Rebecca and a guy that comes to bring her a tape. The guy tells Enid that she has not paid for her last tape he got for her and she says “fuck you… you stupid redneck hick” to which he responds to with a sarcastic racial slur that adds to the comedy of the scene. Afterwards the girls end up following the Satanist to another brand-new restaurant in both of the works after their discovery that the Satanists walk outside with black umbrellas while it is not raining outside. This shows how much drastic measures Rebecca and Enid will go through to pick at people by even possibly putting their own lives at danger just for the sake of their own pleasure to laugh. As Rebecca and Enid follow them there is a funny scene where Rebecca questions “so what do you do if you’re a Satanist anyway?” and Enid replies “sacrifice virgins and stuff” which makes them laugh and Rebecca then states facetiously, “well that lets us off the hook” (tubitv, film). The absence of Tom and John and the presence of Rebecca and the unnamed film guy are very slight differences between …show more content…
According to The Motion Pictures “the comic is much more cynical and crude than the film. Where the film is packed with quirky characters, the comic includes a few truly disgusting personalities” (Lindsey, web). The novel does display Tom and John and their gross graphic child pornography which was very explicit while the movies most graphic feature was Enid and Seymour sleeping together in one scene. Both of the works are very comical for an older audience especially with the amount of profanity presented, but the film does take a much more light-hearted approach than the novel. During the film there is obviously an addition of Seymour as a character (who played the role of the Satanists in both works) but during the film he seems to be a force that drives more strain on Rebecca and Enid’s friendship. For example, one of the places Rebecca previously wanted to attend with Enid was a sex shop around the block but Enid thought it was ‘cheesy and overpriced’ so she never wanted to go inside, but one day she actually begs Seymour to go in with her and purchase something for ‘fun’. Enid absentmindedly mentions that her and Seymour went to the sex shop and purchased things there and that she actually begged to convince Seymour to buy the